New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-29
sHERIDAN'S BAD STARTING
prrNcL,Ne THE BOULEVARD HANDICAP.
A vRrrcHEp MESS WHERE 1T WAS EASY TO GET

A wRErCHFD MESS WHERE 1T WAS EASY To GkT
coon START.
II ia seldom indeed that the start makes mucn
AHcrpnce In race OF mile and half but IL muodoo
everything in the Boulevard Handicap ~ broohyn
Yesterday The horses had not been long at the posi-
and Mr. sheridan had excuse fer the bungifng ]op
Ia made. He dropped the flag when Rupert on the
Aead run was far In front, Eurus second barnun'
third with all the others strung out for long space
while Mozart Mr. withers's Laggard, the mvorte'
vas caught mapping and 80 far behind that MS chao
were gone when the flag fell. Mccarthy probably mao
osaers to 90 out and set the pace and he began 70
tve the colt to hustle and hurry him from the HE.
strfde In order to make up the enormous gap o"un
BY his own carelcsness and the starters piunh,.
Rupert, with his light weight and the advantage Wiz
Mr.. Sheridan gave him, was four iengths Ociolo u 10
ut the end Of the first fmong. Then Utleheid tooh
null ON him and let Eurus Fer0na and Moe MO
Carthy's Last get up within two lengths. Inc Jockey
tept I'm the pull until had passed the Judges s'ao
the first time, but the next turn ne ea'o Mp
ht head and the Preakness gliding shot away 50 as'
hat Harvard called on Eurus and Hamilton oh hAne
N reduce his lead Mccarthy kept Laggard close 10
,,,e along the backstretch, but at the end OF the
ART mile the bad start and fnjudcous rdihg hao
taken 80 much out Of Laggad that No gave ~ up
Exile found the pace too strong and soon 1oowoo
Isggards example, while Rupert with Eurus III HUI
pursuit drew away from them all so far as 10 make
dear that the finish would be confined to these o"o
nv vigorous and sllilful work Hayward got Eurus 10
Ruports saddle but could accomplish no more az 'o
Aifercnoe in weights to overcome Mr. shencnh
rrnerous lift to Rupert at the send-of. SO Rupert
won by q half length, Eurus second DOZEN iehgtns
before old Barnum, the others struggling home.
gyery day at Brooklyn shows the melancholy con-
49, tessyeen Mr. CaIdwelis mastery starting at
sbeeushesd Bay, and the hasty, nl-judged and un
satiehacory work Of Mr.. Sheridan.
n was a wet, dull day, with rain falling lightly
through The afternoon but not enough to make the
TRACK muddy There was nothing in the condition
az the track to upset public form, but the starter ano
Of the jockeys did brilliant WORK IN 'nat hno.
Thirteen horses ran in the first race jennie b.
va srst of, but Specially quickly took the lead and
M 4 10 the end winning easily with Cyc0ps second
no fa,SSa third Cydops ran fine race but ne had
- tsls saore weight than he could handle ano eaten
20 issa 3 two-year-old Speciality with only "a
pounds an her back
Ncra xhlin was received with long continued ana
saaty ppause when he broke the thick Ice OF defeat
rhich mas covered his work Of late and got Omaha
home tss favore and the winner in the second race
He Is Tar and away the most popular jockey In those
United states and and away the best one Ineora
messed Omaha for a part Of the way on the nome
stretch but the victory was easy one at the emo
Vaif was third, the others beaten of Peercss was
much fancied by number Of speculators she ran
mn With Omaha for half mile and then went to pieces
Bo-Peep did not % well in any part Of the race.
t,eorse oyster, the favonte, captured the Maple
stakes easily enough Leo II. and King crap had
lively fight for second place, Leo H. securing II py
kead
Although Mclaughlin rode Richmond with splendd
s;u and energy I'm the fifth race, the lightly weighted
eutsld,F Harved by neck, Richmond secohu'
posa fair third
The twoy ear-old Umpire first in the final race,
md again McIaughlin's skill secured second place
only with Choctaw
Y1ssr RAcE-PURsE $500. SPECIAL WEIGHTS SEVEN
FUdLONGs.